cairngorm

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Definition of cairngorm

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.

“And then he led away the talk to their home in Devonshire, and the red, bright earth, and the deep-green combes, and the peat streams like cairngorm pebbles, and the wild moor with its high, cloudy tors for a giant background to the picture[…].”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.

“And then he led away the talk to their home in Devonshire, and the red, bright earth, and the deep-green combes, and the peat streams like cairngorm pebbles, and the wild moor with its high, cloudy tors for a giant background to the picture[…].”

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So called because found among the Cairngorms, a mountainous region in Scotland.

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